Previous commit split _check_ffmpeg into a side-effect-free
_locate_ffmpeg + the original auto-download _check_ffmpeg, and moved
__init__ to call _locate_ffmpeg. That alone wasn't enough — caught
the gap during a deeper audit:
is_configured() → is_available() → _check_ffmpeg() (with download)
The orchestrator registry, download engine, and the orchestrator's
own configured_clients() all probe is_configured() polymorphically at
boot. So when tests import web_server, the registry probes
youtube.is_configured() → is_available() → _check_ffmpeg() →
DOWNLOAD. My __init__ change didn't help because the registry boot
fires the same code path right after.
Real fix: gate the download branch inside _check_ffmpeg itself.
Returns False (and logs a warning) when running under pytest or when
SOULSYNC_NO_FFMPEG_DOWNLOAD=1. End users on a fresh install still get
auto-download on first real YouTube use (gate is off in production).
Container is unaffected (system ffmpeg via apt is found on PATH, the
download branch never runs).
Three detection paths in _auto_download_disabled():
- SOULSYNC_NO_FFMPEG_DOWNLOAD env var (explicit opt-out for CI /
build steps that want to disable outside pytest)
- PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST env var (set by pytest per-test — covers
in-test-body call path)
- 'pytest' in sys.modules (covers calls fired during pytest collection
/ import phase, BEFORE the per-test env var is set — which is
exactly when registry.py probes is_configured() at web_server
import time)
Verified by inspecting tools/ after a full suite run — empty (was
~388 MB after a single test_tidal_auth_instructions.py run before
the gate). Container behavior unchanged: shutil.which('ffmpeg')
returns /usr/bin/ffmpeg from the apt-installed package, so the
download branch is never reached anyway.
5 new pinning tests:
- pytest-in-sys.modules detection works
- PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST env detection works
- SOULSYNC_NO_FFMPEG_DOWNLOAD env detection works
- _check_ffmpeg returns False (no urlretrieve, no tools/ dir created)
when gate is on and ffmpeg is missing — pinned by trapping
urlretrieve to AssertionError so a regression blows up loud
- _locate_ffmpeg never triggers download or creates tools/ —
pinned by trapping both urlretrieve AND Path.mkdir on tools-prefixed
paths
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